RFC 4919: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs): Overview, Assumptions, Problem Statement, and Goals

This document describes the assumptions, problem statement, and goals for transmitting IP over IEEE 802.15.4 networks. The set of goals enumerated in this…

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Incoming relationships (16 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 6606: Problem Statement and Requirements for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Routing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8931: IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network (6LoWPAN) Selective Fragment Recovery
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8930: On Forwarding 6LoWPAN Fragments over a Multi-Hop IPv6 Network
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6568: Design and Application Spaces for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9428: Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Near Field Communication
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9453: Applicability and Use Cases for IPv6 over Networks of Resource-constrained Nodes (6lo)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6775: Neighbor Discovery Optimization for IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPANs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6690: Constrained RESTful Environments (CoRE) Link Format
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7959: Block-Wise Transfers in the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5673: Industrial Routing Requirements in Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8928: Address-Protected Neighbor Discovery for Low-Power and Lossy Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9010: Routing for RPL (Routing Protocol for Low-Power and Lossy Networks) Leaves
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7554: Using IEEE 802.15.4e Time-Slotted Channel Hopping (TSCH) in the Internet of Things (IoT): Problem Statement
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7547: Management of Networks with Constrained Devices: Problem Statement and Requirements
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9148: EST-coaps: Enrollment over Secure Transport with the Secure Constrained Application Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9685: Listener Subscription for IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Multicast and Anycast Addresses